Drill’s takeover of rap’s biggest scenes over the last ten years has been hard to beat, having shaped a cultural movement stretching as far and wide as Chicago, the U.K., and NYC. Here are 17 ...

The music industry is mourning the loss of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed in a home invasion in Beverly Hills. Pop Smoke was a rising new star in the industry and was likely going to be one ...

The English rapper Slowthai grew up listening to American musicians. “Rappers coming from Memphis, SpaceGhostPurrp, Raider Klan, even Elliott Smith,” says the 26-year-old, born Tyron Frampton, ticking ...

Darice Gardner, aka Paper$, performs at 'How Dope Are You?' (Sam Searles/WHYY) Working on a solution to gun violence and want to share it? Get in touch with gun violence prevention reporters Sammy ...

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Although drill music has become a popular subgenre of hip-hop, its success has brought huge amounts of controversy. This was exemplified by a Thursday report that at least three drill music rappers ...

Sincere Jazmin was only 16 years old when he was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in Queens, N.Y. on March 26. The young man was an aspiring rap artist who went by the name, “Sdot Blokka.

In a move to curb violence in the U.K., British police have asked YouTube to remove between 50 and 60 music videos and more than half have already been removed from the platform. The move comes as ...

When the news broke in February that 18-year-old Jayquan McKenley, who recorded under the name Chii Wvttz, had been murdered in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, it sent ripples through a ...

Recent court rulings require officers to keep watch over artists’ rap lyrics, which prosecutors say celebrate gangs and violent crimes. By Ed Clowes LONDON — The British rapper Digga D can’t explain ...